Eric Spee
@hetkopje.bsky.social
cultuurliefhebber & connaisseur | Realpolitiker & Prinzipienreiter | single Islay malt & lapsang souchong | Amsterdam Slotervaart | 🇪🇺🇺🇦🇨🇦🍋
The journey from our town to the metropolis, was a journey of about five hours. It was a little past mid-day when the four-horse stage-coach by which I was passenger, got into the ravel of traffic frayed out about the Cross Keys, Wood-street, Cheapside, London.
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December 20, 2025 at 3:13 PM
The journey from our town to the metropolis, was a journey of about five hours. It was a little past mid-day when the four-horse stage-coach by which I was passenger, got into the ravel of traffic frayed out about the Cross Keys, Wood-street, Cheapside, London.
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“I am instructed to communicate to him,” said Mr. Jaggers, throwing his finger at me, sideways, “that he will come into a handsome property. Further, that he be removed from his present sphere of life, and be brought up like a gentleman - as a young fellow of great expectations.”
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December 20, 2025 at 2:02 PM
“I am instructed to communicate to him,” said Mr. Jaggers, throwing his finger at me, sideways, “that he will come into a handsome property. Further, that he be removed from his present sphere of life, and be brought up like a gentleman - as a young fellow of great expectations.”
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“Biddy,” I said, after binding her to secrecy, “I want to be a gentleman.”
“Oh, I wouldn’t, if I was you!” she returned. “I don’t think it would answer.”
“Biddy,” said I, with some severity, “I have particular reasons for wanting to be a gentleman.”
“You know best, Pip.”
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“Oh, I wouldn’t, if I was you!” she returned. “I don’t think it would answer.”
“Biddy,” said I, with some severity, “I have particular reasons for wanting to be a gentleman.”
“You know best, Pip.”
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December 20, 2025 at 11:46 AM
“Biddy,” I said, after binding her to secrecy, “I want to be a gentleman.”
“Oh, I wouldn’t, if I was you!” she returned. “I don’t think it would answer.”
“Biddy,” said I, with some severity, “I have particular reasons for wanting to be a gentleman.”
“You know best, Pip.”
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“Oh, I wouldn’t, if I was you!” she returned. “I don’t think it would answer.”
“Biddy,” said I, with some severity, “I have particular reasons for wanting to be a gentleman.”
“You know best, Pip.”
#booksky
Krantje en oliebollen gehaald op het Sierplein, mok thee erbij en podcastje aan. Het is zaterdag.
December 13, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Krantje en oliebollen gehaald op het Sierplein, mok thee erbij en podcastje aan. Het is zaterdag.
I remember Mr. Hubble as a tough high-shouldered stooping old man, of a sawdusty fragrance, with his legs extraordinarily wide apart: so that in my short days I always saw miles of open country between them when I met him coming up the lane.
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December 8, 2025 at 2:08 PM
I remember Mr. Hubble as a tough high-shouldered stooping old man, of a sawdusty fragrance, with his legs extraordinarily wide apart: so that in my short days I always saw miles of open country between them when I met him coming up the lane.
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It was a rimy morning, and very damp. I had seen the damp lying on the outside of my little window, as if some goblin had been crying over there all night, and using the window for a pocket-handkerchief.
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December 7, 2025 at 4:10 PM
It was a rimy morning, and very damp. I had seen the damp lying on the outside of my little window, as if some goblin had been crying over there all night, and using the window for a pocket-handkerchief.
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My father’s family name being Pirrip, and my christian name Philip, my infant tongue could make of both names nothing longer or more explicit than Pip. So, I called myself Pip, and came to be called Pip.
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December 7, 2025 at 11:37 AM
My father’s family name being Pirrip, and my christian name Philip, my infant tongue could make of both names nothing longer or more explicit than Pip. So, I called myself Pip, and came to be called Pip.
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December 7, 2025 at 10:51 AM
To criticize the people’s shortcomings is necessary … but in doing so we must truly take the stand of the people and speak out of whole-hearted eagerness to protect and educate them. To treat comrades like enemies is to go over to the stand of the enemy.
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December 6, 2025 at 1:38 PM
To criticize the people’s shortcomings is necessary … but in doing so we must truly take the stand of the people and speak out of whole-hearted eagerness to protect and educate them. To treat comrades like enemies is to go over to the stand of the enemy.
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The only way to settle questions of an ideological nature or controversial issues among the people is by the democratic method, the method of discussion, of criticism, of persuasion and education, and not by the method of coercion or repression.
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December 5, 2025 at 1:47 PM
The only way to settle questions of an ideological nature or controversial issues among the people is by the democratic method, the method of discussion, of criticism, of persuasion and education, and not by the method of coercion or repression.
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There is a serious tendency towards capitalism among the well-to-do peasants. This tendency will become rampant if we in the slightest way neglect political work among the peasants during the co-operative movement and for a very long period after.
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December 4, 2025 at 3:07 PM
There is a serious tendency towards capitalism among the well-to-do peasants. This tendency will become rampant if we in the slightest way neglect political work among the peasants during the co-operative movement and for a very long period after.
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The socialist system will eventually replace the capitalist system; this is an objective law independent of man’s will. However much the reactionaries try to hold back the wheel of history, sooner or later revolution will take place and will inevitably triumph.
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December 3, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The socialist system will eventually replace the capitalist system; this is an objective law independent of man’s will. However much the reactionaries try to hold back the wheel of history, sooner or later revolution will take place and will inevitably triumph.
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Aan de overkant worden bomen geplant. Bomen! 🌳 🌳🌳🌳
December 3, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Aan de overkant worden bomen geplant. Bomen! 🌳 🌳🌳🌳
If the U.S. monopoly capitalist groups persist in pushing their policies of aggression and war, the day is bound to come when they will be hanged by the people of the whole world. The same fate awaits the accomplices of the United States.
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December 2, 2025 at 2:11 PM
If the U.S. monopoly capitalist groups persist in pushing their policies of aggression and war, the day is bound to come when they will be hanged by the people of the whole world. The same fate awaits the accomplices of the United States.
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We are advocates of the abolition of war, we do not want war; but war can only be abolished through war, and in order to get rid of the gun it is necessary to take up the gun.
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December 1, 2025 at 1:44 PM
We are advocates of the abolition of war, we do not want war; but war can only be abolished through war, and in order to get rid of the gun it is necessary to take up the gun.
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Ich machte damals auch die Bekanntschaft eines Mädchens. Sie hieß Nadine. Sie war groß gewachsen, sie ging sehr aufrecht, stolz trug sie den klugen, schmalen blonden Kopf, sie war auch immer sehr schön gekleidet in ihrem dunkelblauen Mantel.
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November 28, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Ich machte damals auch die Bekanntschaft eines Mädchens. Sie hieß Nadine. Sie war groß gewachsen, sie ging sehr aufrecht, stolz trug sie den klugen, schmalen blonden Kopf, sie war auch immer sehr schön gekleidet in ihrem dunkelblauen Mantel.
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It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas …
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November 27, 2025 at 1:10 PM
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas …
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Altijd fijn om je belastingcenten aan het werk te zien. Maar was er geen budget om ook de bovenkant schoon te maken, stadsdeel Nieuw West?
November 26, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Altijd fijn om je belastingcenten aan het werk te zien. Maar was er geen budget om ook de bovenkant schoon te maken, stadsdeel Nieuw West?
Ik was bij de campagnestart van Namens Amsterdammers op het Delflandplein. Gedurfde locatie. Lijsttrekker Grethe van Geffen maakte een muur kapot. Interessant verkiezingsprogramma, waar ik wel nog wat vragen bij heb.
November 22, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Ik was bij de campagnestart van Namens Amsterdammers op het Delflandplein. Gedurfde locatie. Lijsttrekker Grethe van Geffen maakte een muur kapot. Interessant verkiezingsprogramma, waar ik wel nog wat vragen bij heb.
Ich lebte ruhig und ziemlich allein in dieser Horde abfahrtssüchtiger Teufel. Ich trank meinen bitteren Kaffee –Ersatz oder meinen süßen Banjuls auf meinen hungrigen Magen und horchte entzückt auf das Hafengetratsch, das mich gar nichts anging. Es war schon kalt.
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November 21, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Ich lebte ruhig und ziemlich allein in dieser Horde abfahrtssüchtiger Teufel. Ich trank meinen bitteren Kaffee –Ersatz oder meinen süßen Banjuls auf meinen hungrigen Magen und horchte entzückt auf das Hafengetratsch, das mich gar nichts anging. Es war schon kalt.
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Ich sah es zum ersten Mal aufmerksam an am hellen Tag. Die Gasse war hoch und eng, doch mir gefiel sie. Ihr Name gefiel mir auch. Sie hieß Rue de la Providence. Das Hotel hieß nach der Gasse. Ich hatte mich sehr gefreut, ein Zimmer für mich allein zu haben.
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November 21, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Ich sah es zum ersten Mal aufmerksam an am hellen Tag. Die Gasse war hoch und eng, doch mir gefiel sie. Ihr Name gefiel mir auch. Sie hieß Rue de la Providence. Das Hotel hieß nach der Gasse. Ich hatte mich sehr gefreut, ein Zimmer für mich allein zu haben.
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Mijn notaris heeft een fraai uitzicht.
November 20, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Mijn notaris heeft een fraai uitzicht.
Ich brauchte, um nach Marseille zu fahren, einen Sauf–conduit. Ich sei zwar inzwischen gut angekommen, ich müsse jetzt aber noch einmal ankommen, mit Papieren und auf Papieren, ordnungsgemäß.
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November 19, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Ich brauchte, um nach Marseille zu fahren, einen Sauf–conduit. Ich sei zwar inzwischen gut angekommen, ich müsse jetzt aber noch einmal ankommen, mit Papieren und auf Papieren, ordnungsgemäß.
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Ich suchte mir wieder ein Nachtquartier. Das erste Dutzend Hotels war voll. Ich wurde hundemüde. Ich setzte mich an den nächsten Tisch vor ein schäbiges Café an einem kleinen stillen Platz.
Ich bestellte ein Bier.
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Ich bestellte ein Bier.
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November 16, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Ich suchte mir wieder ein Nachtquartier. Das erste Dutzend Hotels war voll. Ich wurde hundemüde. Ich setzte mich an den nächsten Tisch vor ein schäbiges Café an einem kleinen stillen Platz.
Ich bestellte ein Bier.
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Ich bestellte ein Bier.
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